God's Promise to Provide Strength for Every Battle

God's Promise to Provide Strength for Every Battle

When we face battles in this lifetime, like addiction, we have to remember the fight is not ours to fight; it’s God’s. Imagine going to battle alone and trying to fight this beast by yourself. Would you be able to? No. You would quickly realize your weakness, surrender, and cry out for help. So, instead of fighting this battle (whatever it might be) alone until you are completely weak physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, give it to God to fight for you today, just like in the story of David and Goliath.

David told the Philistine that even though they came with a sword and spear, David came ready to fight with the greatest weapon of all: God. David was weak, but God gave him the strength to defeat this giant with just a stone and a sling, and He will give you the strength to fight your battles too. But will you allow God to fight the battles for you? Will you step out of the way so that He can have the chance to even fight this for your loved one? Addiction is a beast, but our God is bigger and stronger and will fight with us and our loved ones; we just need to step out of the way and give it to Him.

Isaiah 40:31 tells us that even when it seems like we can't go another day in this battle, God will grant us renewed strength that only He can give us to keep pushing on. He is there in our weakest times, but are you willing to let Him in?

Here are some other examples in God’s word about Him fighting our battles:

Old Testament Promises:

• Psalms 73:26
• Psalms 18:39
• Isaiah 40:31
• 1 Samuel 17:45

New Testament Promises:

• Ephesians 6:10-18
• James 5:13-16
• Romans 8:31-32
• Romans 8:37-39

I remember believing my husband’s addiction was my battle to fight. I did all the research, looked for ways to get him clean and sober, but it wasn’t until I truly threw my hands up and said, “I can’t do this. I don’t know how to get him sober,” that God was able to step in and fight this battle for both of us. A couple of weeks later, my husband did the same thing. He surrendered and went to treatment. I believe I had to surrender first and step out of the way so that God could fight the battle and get my husband to a place of surrender too. Sometimes, it doesn’t happen as quickly as we would like, but knowing this is God’s battle and not our’s allows us to get back to a healthy place physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they  shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31